I think the image is very well done and the SBS is really good but the source use is so minimal it has no impact on the end result. I feel the Mixed Media contest would have been more appropriate for this piece IMHO.

Very emotional... great entry.

Looks good, very difficult to see the source image though.

Nice work and nice SBS! Good luck author.

Beautiful image and impessive SBS.

Beautiful image, author. Glad I checked your sbs.

Congrats!

Congrats, very nice work

Congrats!!

congrats

Very Nice! Congrats

good idea however you can tell the image has been duplicated and flipped by the reflection of those stairs in the center. They have a split in them. Maybe play with that a little bit

Nice mood ! This is an eye catching image !!
GL

Yes, very nicely done, like to see a tutorial for this one

Great image

The perspective on two of the bigger temples on the right are off though, might be able to fix that by rotating and or skewing it. Otherwise: good mood, great color combinations, I like the framing in the rocks... a classic epic game scene

Wonderful!

A long time ago I learned how to paint using oil on canvas. Now, I don't know if I can do it now...

you got the ticket to next round... good job buddy

Good job again, knew it was you

Wow..nice!..love this piece of art..GL author

• Thanks for the faves and comments, everyone. Glad you like it. Still need a lot of improvements IMHO, my entry was a last 'rush' hour before the deadline. I couldn't put ALL my imaginations into that piece.

@ Erikuri, thanks for sharing your thoughts, I do painting with oils, acrylics and pastels. But nowadays, it's not qualified with the industries' standard workflows. We need digital painters, matte painters who could done this kind of art in hours or quickly without delays.

• P.S : to tell you the truth, I'm doing this surreal entry within my work on office time. Or else it's couldn't be here to display... =(

Beautiful work again. It brings me memories of my oil, acrylic, watercolor painting days. Nice combination of the green. yellow and blue colors. Good luck my friend.

I have no words...

Congrats with a spot in the next round

Congratulations! Good luck on the next round!

Congrats!!

Congrats, but still believe the clouds were brushes.

• Thanks for the nice comments and votes.

@ solkee: thanks to you too, but I sent you (or the other mods) the proven clouds sbs, rite? = )

• Next time I just use the photos and manipulate it just like the others so you could probably believe it wasn't a brush after all. Peace and cheers.

@ solkee: Im sorry if I brag in.
why are you underestimate another people skill? if someone can REALLY make the cloud as realistic as the brushes, they don't deserve the rights to be BELIEVED?

just open CGHUB and see a lot of great artist drawing cloud in a realistic result.

http://cghub.com/images/view/158576/
http://cghub.com/images/view/84892/
http://cghub.com/images/view/98840/

I wonder if those entries above used the cloud brush instead of painting or make it by himself?!

wow amazing digital painting!! congrats my friend!

HexaNode, I don't underestimate anybody's skills. Also the images at cghub.com are not being questioned here as they have nothing to do with this site. I voiced my opinion as a member of the site in the comments as I am allowed to do and then I messaged the author in private. If the author is so concerned about my comment we can certainly make it quite public, but I doubt that is what the author would like.

the city looks like its night time were as the rest of the image looks day. Im not really understanding the clouds. Maybe you could put some notes to go with the image to explain the thinking behind the overall image

really cool... I like the vivid colors.

Great imagination!